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Should Science Majors Pay Less for College Than Art Majors?
Philosophy lovers, prepare to be outraged. Down in Florida, a task force commissioned by Governor Rick Scott is putting...
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3-D Maps Pictured Sandy’s Devastation–Five Years Ago
Five years ago, a report called “Nation Under Siege” illustrated the vulnerability of 31 U.S. coastal cities to flooding....
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Storms, Floods, and Droughts
The source of the rain that filled your town reservoir, or flooded your nearby river, or never arrived to...
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It Took Sandy for the U.S. to Debate Science
Until this week climate change was sadly absent from the presidential election discourse, even though scientific reports have linked...
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The First All-Carbon Solar Cell
Stanford University scientists have built the first solar cell made entirely of carbon, a promising alternative to the expensive...
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Will Hurricane Sandy Be Our Wake-Up Call?
We’ve had two once-in-a-century storms within a decade. Hurricane Sandy seems likely to become the second-costliest storm in U.S....
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Rats Control Human Avatars
Biologists are well-known for using lab rats in experiments, but a few may now have the chance to work...
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The Higgs, Boltzmann Brains, and Monkeys Typing Hamlet
Amir D. Aczel blogs about physics and cosmology for Discover’s Crux: If somebody told you that there are angels...
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‘Deep Concern’ as Deal to Protect Antarctic Seas Fails
Governments meeting in Australia have failed to reach agreement on new marine protected areas for the Antarctic ocean. They...
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The Real Question: Who Didn’t Have Sex With Neanderthals?
The only modern humans whose ancestors did not interbreed with Neanderthals are apparently sub-Saharan Africans, researchers say. New findings,...